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BNSF operates one of the largest freight railroad networks in North America, with 32,500 miles of rail across the western two-thirds of the United States.
A railroad is a mode of land transportation in which flange-wheeled vehicles move over two parallel steel rails, or tracks, either by self-propulsion or by the propulsion of a locomotive.
The creation of the New Jersey Railroad Company was the first of its kind in the United States (established more than 10 years before the Baltimore & Ohio). However, the original NJRR never made it further than the paper it was printed on.
Learn more about the Nation's railroad system by visiting the Federal Railroad Administration website.
The Camden & Amboy Railroad (C&A), the first railroad built in New Jersey, completed its route between its namesake cities in 1834. The C&A ran successfully for decades connecting New York City to the Delaware Valley, and would eventually become part of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Union Pacific connects 23 western U.S. states, providing efficient railroad transportation, freight shipping, logistics, and rail safety services.
The American railroad mania began with the founding of the first passenger and freight line in the country, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, in 1827 and the "Laying of the First Stone" ceremonies. Its long construction westward over the Appalachian Mountains began in the next year.
